''Vermicularia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

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Turritellidae Turritellidae, with the common name "tower shells" or "tower snails", is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small- to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the Sorbeoconcha clade. They are filter feeders; ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Vermicularia'' include: * '' Vermicularia bathyalis'' Petuch, 2002 * '' Vermicularia fargoi'' Olsson, 1951 * '' Vermicularia frisbeyae'' McLean, 1970 * '' Vermicularia gracilis'' (Maltzan, 1883) * ''

Vermicularia knorrii ''Vermicularia knorrii'', commonly known as the Florida worm snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod in the family Turritellidae. ''V. knorrii'' has been concluded to be the junior synonym to ''Vermicularia lumbricalis''. The shell ...

'' (Deshayes, 1843) * '' Vermicularia lumbricalis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Vermicularia maoriana'' Powell, 1937 * '' Vermicularia pellucida'' (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) * ''

Vermicularia radicula ''Vermicularia radicula'', common name the northern wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. Distribution Description The maximum recorded shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and desi ...

'' (Stimpson, 1851) * ''

Vermicularia spirata ''Vermicularia spirata'', common name the West Indian worm-shell or the West Indian wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. Juveniles can move around, but larger individuals become sessile. ...

'' (Philippi, 1836) * '' Vermicularia tenuis'' (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843) * ''

Vermicularia tortuosa ''Vermicularia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Turritellidae. Species Species within the genus ''Vermicularia'' include: * ''Vermicularia bathyalis'' Petuch, 2002 * ''Vermicul ...

'' (Lightfoot, 1786) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Vermicularia fewkesi'' (Yates, 1890): synonym of ''Vermicularia pellucida eburnea'' (Reeve, 1842) * ''Vermicularia scaber'' (Gravenhorst, 1831): synonym of ''Vermetus scaber''Gravenhorst, 1831.

References

* Mørch O. A. (1861–1862). ''Review of the Vermetidae''. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1861) 2: 145-181 (September 1861) 3 page(s): 169 Turritellidae Gastropod genera {{Turritellidae-stub